For Deer Run Dairy owner Duane Ducat, he hopes grass takes root in part of his field just as much as he wants corn and soybeans to grow in other areas. Ducat is in the process of constructing an agricultural waterway that runs the full length of his 80-acre field on Town Hall Road in Kewaunee. Designed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the grassy channel will help carry excess surface runoff across farmland without causing soil erosion while improving water quality.

Ducat used cost-share funding to help pay for part of the project, which includes planting specific grasses to help keep topsoil in place. He said the heavy rains in early April showed where the water naturally flows during storms.

Ducat will show off the progress made on the project when he hosts the next Peninsula Pride Farms Conservation Conversation on June 11 at 6 p.m.